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The Psychology of Overconsumption—and How to Shift Your Mindset for a Richer Life

The Psychology of Overconsumption—and How to Shift Your Mindset for a Richer Life

Depending on the source, the average American buys between 1 and 1.3 new pieces of clothing every single week—and consumption is at an all-time high.…

How to Build Wealth and Support Family (with Boundaries)—Especially When You're First-Gen

How to Build Wealth and Support Family (with Boundaries)—Especially When You're First-Gen

On this week’s special Rich Girl Roundtable with Berna Anat: Traditional financial advice isn’t “one size fits all,” and that’s especially true for f…

The Predatory Life Insurance That's a Scam—and the One That's Legit

The Predatory Life Insurance That's a Scam—and the One That's Legit

Life insurance is a notoriously scammy industry, made more confusing by the fact that there are legitimate forms of life insurance that aren’t a tota…

How to Calculate if You've Already Saved Enough for Retirement—and If It's Time to Slow Down

How to Calculate if You've Already Saved Enough for Retirement—and If It's Time to Slow Down

It's possible you might already have enough saved up for retirement, thanks to the power of compounding—a phenomenon in the FIRE community known as C…

Dealing with Money Dysmorphia: When Perception Isn't Reality

Dealing with Money Dysmorphia: When Perception Isn't Reality

A few weeks ago, I asked you all if the concept of "disordered financial behavior" resonated with you—and the response was overwhelming. And while a …

How Much Should You Budget for Childcare? We Explore All the Options

How Much Should You Budget for Childcare? We Explore All the Options

In this week's Rich Girl Roundup, Katie and Henah answer the one prompt they often receive as two childless women: "Please run the numbers on childca…

The Unconventional Approach Some Millennials Are Taking to Buy a Home

The Unconventional Approach Some Millennials Are Taking to Buy a Home

Millennials are taking matters into their own hands with the dueling crises of housing unaffordability and loneliness…by buying houses together. Bril…

The Ultimate Formula for Determining Your Financial Priorities

The Ultimate Formula for Determining Your Financial Priorities

In this week's Rich Girl Roundup, we answer the age-old question: Should I prioritize putting money towards X or Y? Rich Girl Natalie shares the choi…

Will You Be Replaced by Someone Cheaper? It's the Great Salary Reset

Will You Be Replaced by Someone Cheaper? It's the Great Salary Reset

We got a “tip” back in March (all right, fine, it was Henah’s friend) that a major US employer with hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue might …

Is Credit to Blame for Our Financial Complacency?

Is Credit to Blame for Our Financial Complacency?

In this week's Rich Girl Roundup, Rich Girl Carolynn responds to our most recent full episode on cognitive dissonance asking if access to large amoun…

BONUS: TradWives, Pop Culture, and Feminism with Caro Burke

BONUS: TradWives, Pop Culture, and Feminism with Caro Burke

While we’re technically in a bye week, we’re releasing a bonus episode with an unreleased portion of my conversation from last week with Caroline Bur…

The Cognitive Dissonance of "Getting Rich" and Imagining a Better "American Dream"

The Cognitive Dissonance of "Getting Rich" and Imagining a Better "American Dream"

I recently wrote an article reflecting on the fact that an awareness of the systems you exist within can empower you to make even savvier individual …

Beauty, Botox, and Bleach: The Hot Girl Hamster Wheel in 2024

Beauty, Botox, and Bleach: The Hot Girl Hamster Wheel in 2024

For this week's Rich Girl Roundup: After a few Rich Gals wrote in looking for an update on our Hot Girl Hamster Wheel episode, we decided to sit down…

Yes, You Might Be Saving *Too Much* for Retirement

Yes, You Might Be Saving *Too Much* for Retirement

You might be saving too much for retirement, if you aren't factoring in Social Security. But Social Security is the subject of a lot of pessimism, wi…

Will the Election Influence Your Finances? Our Attempted Nonpartisan Discussion to Figure It Out

Will the Election Influence Your Finances? Our Attempted Nonpartisan Discussion to Figure It Out

For this week's Rich Girl Roundup, Rich Humans McKynna and Jake wanted to know: "Will the election impact our finances? How much does the president a…

Why "Having It All" Is Possible—But Isn't Worth It

Why "Having It All" Is Possible—But Isn't Worth It

There’s an expectation on women that we should be constantly striving to “have it all.” But as the pandemic laid bare, “having it all” usually just m…

Navigating Health Issues in the Workplace? Consider This

Navigating Health Issues in the Workplace? Consider This

On this week's Rich Girl Roundup: If you're dealing with chronic illness or mental health issues, how do you strike the best balance between work and…

Don't Break Up with Your Financial Advisor Without Listening to This

Don't Break Up with Your Financial Advisor Without Listening to This

We’ve all been there, roped into working with our uncle’s best friend’s financial advisor who charges a 1.5% fee for some inscrutable but seemingly i…

Dating Money Red Flags, Power Moves, and Money Dates

Dating Money Red Flags, Power Moves, and Money Dates

On this week's Rich Girl Roundup: How do you navigate the world of dating as an aspiring Rich Person? When's the right time to bring it up? How do we…

If You’re Not in the Top 10%, the “Economy” in Headlines Isn’t Yours

If You’re Not in the Top 10%, the “Economy” in Headlines Isn’t Yours

You might be familiar with the phrase, "In this economy?" But it turns out, there might be more than one "economy" out there. There's a deep disconne…